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棲む
棲む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 棲 |
| Jinmeiyō |
Verb
棲む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana すむ, romaji sumu)
- Alternative form of 住む
Usage notes
This form is usually used for animals, not people.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "棲む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 棲ま | すま | suma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 棲み | すみ | sumi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 棲む | すむ | sumu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 棲む | すむ | sumu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 棲め | すめ | sume |
| Imperative (命令形) | 棲め | すめ | sume |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 棲まれる | すまれる | sumareru |
| Causative | 棲ませる 棲ます |
すませる すます |
sumaseru sumasu |
| Potential | 棲める | すめる | sumeru |
| Volitional | 棲もう | すもう | sumō |
| Negative | 棲まない | すまない | sumanai |
| Negative continuative | 棲まず | すまず | sumazu |
| Formal | 棲みます | すみます | sumimasu |
| Perfective | 棲んだ | すんだ | sunda |
| Conjunctive | 棲んで | すんで | sunde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 棲めば | すめば | sumeba |